A Black-tipped Darner in Frederick Co., MD (8/12/2007).

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A Black-tipped Darner in Frederick Co., Maryland (8/12/2007).

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A Black-tipped Darner in Frederick Co., Maryland (7/30/2013).

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Black-tipped Darner in Garrett Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Josh Emm, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>). (Photo ID: 616356 - Psn: 44)

Black-tipped Darner in Garrett Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Josh Emm, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).

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Black-tipped Darner in Garrett Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Kyle Klotz, all rights reserved. (Photo ID: 621920 - Psn: 45)

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Black-tipped Darner in Garrett Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Josh Emm, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).

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Black-tipped Darner in Garrett Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Josh Emm, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).

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A Black-tipped Darner in Frederick Co., Maryland (8/20/2013).

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Black-tipped Darner in Garrett Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Josh Emm, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).

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Black-tipped Darner in Garrett Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Josh Emm, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).

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Black-tipped Darner in Garrett Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Jason E. Avery, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>). (Photo ID: 890404 - Psn: 62)

Black-tipped Darner in Garrett Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Jason E. Avery, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).

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Black-tipped Darner in Garrett Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Josh Emm, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).

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Black-tipped Darner in Garrett Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Josh Emm, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).

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Black-tipped Darner in Garrett Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Nathaniel Schwartz, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/'>CC BY-NC-ND</a>). (Photo ID: 1098827 - Psn: 75)

Black-tipped Darner in Garrett Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Nathaniel Schwartz, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND).

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A Black-tipped Darner in Frederick Co., Maryland (8/20/2013).

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Black-tipped Darner in Garrett Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Josh Emm, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).

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Black-tipped Darner in Allegany Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Brady O'Brien, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>). (Photo ID: 900251 - Psn: 88)

Black-tipped Darner in Allegany Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Brady O'Brien, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).

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A newly emerged male Black-tipped Darner in Frederick Co., Maryland (7/5/2015). His cast skin is to his left.

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A Black-tipped Darner ovipositing in Frederick Co., Maryland (9/23/2015).

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Black-tipped Darner in Frederick Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Robert Ostrowski, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>). (Photo ID: 734177 - Psn: 120)

Black-tipped Darner in Frederick Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Robert Ostrowski, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).

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Black-tipped Darner stigmas - Frederick Co., Maryland (7/30/2013).

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Black-tipped Darner in Frederick Co., Maryland (7/30/2013).

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Black-tipped Darner in Garrett Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Kyle Klotz, all rights reserved. (Photo ID: 621923 - Psn: 178)

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Black-tipped Darner (Aeshna tuberculifera) breeds in lakes or ponds with emergent vegetation, like cattails or sweetflag, and may be common in some localities. In Maryland, this darner is distributed primarily in the western and central parts of the state, from the mountains of Garrett Co. into the piedmont, with a well-known population in the Catoctin Mts. The species is known only historically from Prince George's Co (Richard Orr's The Dragonflies and Damselflies of Maryland and the District of Columbia).

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A Black-tipped Darner in Frederick Co., MD (8/12/2007). Media by Steve Collins.

A Black-tipped Darner in Frederick Co., Maryland (8/12/2007). Media by Steve Collins.

A Black-tipped Darner in Frederick Co., Maryland (7/30/2013). Media by Richard Orr.

Black-tipped Darner in Garrett Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Josh Emm, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). View Record Details Media by Josh Emm.

A Black-tipped Darner in Frederick Co., Maryland (8/20/2013). Media by Richard Orr.

Black-tipped Darner in Garrett Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Josh Emm, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). View Record Details Media by Josh Emm.

Black-tipped Darner in Garrett Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Jason E. Avery, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). View Record Details Media by Jason Avery.

Black-tipped Darner in Garrett Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Josh Emm, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). View Record Details Media by Josh Emm.

Black-tipped Darner in Garrett Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Nathaniel Schwartz, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND). View Record Details Media by Nathaniel Schwartz via iNaturalist.

A Black-tipped Darner in Frederick Co., Maryland (8/20/2013). Media by Bonnie Ott.

Black-tipped Darner in Garrett Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Josh Emm, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). View Record Details Media by Josh Emm.

Black-tipped Darner in Allegany Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Brady O'Brien, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). View Record Details Media by brady_obrien via iNaturalist.

A newly emerged male Black-tipped Darner in Frederick Co., Maryland (7/5/2015). His cast skin is to his left. View Record Details Media by Richard Orr.

A Black-tipped Darner ovipositing in Frederick Co., Maryland (9/23/2015). View Record Details Media by Richard Orr.

Black-tipped Darner in Frederick Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Robert Ostrowski, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). View Record Details Media by Robert Ostrowski via iNaturalist.

Black-tipped Darner stigmas - Frederick Co., Maryland (7/30/2013). Media by Bonnie Ott.

Black-tipped Darner in Frederick Co., Maryland (7/30/2013). Media by Bonnie Ott.